Milwaukee looks to urban agriculture to help revitalize neighborhoods hit by ... Minneapolis Star Tribune MILWAUKEE — Peaches and pears grow in an orchard across the street from Larry Adams' home in one of Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods.

24 October 2013, PRNewswire for Transparence Market Research -- According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research "Aquaculture (Marine Water, Freshwater and Brackish Water) Market for Carp, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Salmon, Trout and Other Fishes - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the global market for aquaculture was valued at USD 135.10 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 195.13 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume, global production was 66.5 million tons in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.3% from 2013 to 2019. Volume of captured fish is fast depleting and is expected to be one of the primary factors driving global aquaculture production over the next few years. In addition, increasing consumer awareness regarding health benefits associated with consumption of fish and fish products is expected to boost aquaculture production within the forecast period. Aquaculture is expected to surpass captured fish industry as the major source for human consumption by the end of 2015. However, parameters such as adverse environmental conditions and lack of technology are expected to hamper the growth of the market. Increasing practice of rice and fish farming, which aims at increasing yields of rice grains as well as fishes is expected to open new opportunities for the growth of the market within the near future. ..."

While climate change is a reflection of environmental crisis, and adaptation planning and research are both essential, it is a folly to neglect links to developmental challenges, argues Steve Arowolo (There can be no sustainable adaptation without...

By Mpule K. Kwelagobe Mpule K. Kwelagobe is the CEO of the Institute for Endogenous Development, Executive Director of Africa Youth ARISE for youth in agriculture, rural innovation and social entrepreneurship, and Managing Director of the Pula...

Final push for International Food Security Treaty Portland Tribune by: SUBMITTED - John Teton has taken his case for the International Food Security Treaty John Teton has taken the International Food Security Treaty from being a pie-in-the-sky...

19 October 2013, SciDev.Net -- "Agriculture needs public research funds and more trained experts to meet post-2015 goals, says a UN-backed report. Public spending on agricultural research must double in the next decade if the world is to successfully move to sustainable methods of food production, says a UN-backed report. This funding must be coupled with long-term investment in the training of agricultural professionals to fill the skill gaps in many developing countries, concludes the report published yesterday by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network's (SDSN) group on agriculture and food systems. The SDSN was launched by the UN last year to identify and demonstrate new approaches to sustainable development, and produced its first report in June. The new, agriculture, report was released together with six other reports by the network's thematic groups on issues including health, natural resource management, and ecosystem services and biodiversity. The reports represent a major input by scientists towards a new set of global development goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. ..." Photo credit: CIMMYT

23 October 2013, MercoPress -- Monsanto Co. is calling for more controls on agrochemicals, including its Roundup line of glyphosate-based weed-killers, in response to an Associated Press report about concerns that illegal pesticide applications are harming human health in Argentina. ..."

ICT students and tech entrepreneurs last weekend gathered at KLab, Rwanda’s technical hub for a 36-hour programming competition aimed at coming up with ICT solutions for the agriculture sector. (Youth meet to develop ICT solutions for agriculture...

Georgia aims to boost agriculture trade with Gabon Savannah Morning News ATLANTA (AP) — Agricultural experts from Georgia have inked a deal with the West African country of Gabon to help develop its tiny farming sector — a partnership that could...

24 October 2013, NPR, Eliza Barclay -- "A commission evaluating the impacts of animal agriculture says the industry has resisted change. Five years ago, a landmark report excoriated the animal agriculture industry's practices and laid out a road map for how it could do better. But in the years since, the problems are just as bad — and maybe even worse. That's the conclusion of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. This week, the center scolded the industry again with a review of how it has fared in the years since the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released its original report. From a regulatory, or legislative, standpoint, we have actually regressed on many of these issues in the last five years," says Bob Martin, who served as executive director of the original Pew commission, which included policymakers and scientists. Martin is now a program director at the Center for a Livable Future. ..." Photo: Chickens in a mechanized hatchery in Monroe County, Ala. Buyenlarge/Getty Images

The Mississippi River Basin is home to much of the country's fertile crop land. Though crops are essential, their production has led to an increase in the levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in our water sources.

Kato Lambrechts: Making Markets Work for Smallholder Farmers Will Galvin: Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture Alison Griffith and George McAllister:… (RT @selfhelpafrica: Making markets work for smallholder farmers.

Agriculture Transformational Projects and Programmes AllAfrica.com Under its Strategy for 2013-2022, "At the Center of Africa's Transformation", and its Agriculture Sector Strategy 2010-2014, the African Development Bank has designed a new set of...

22 October 2013, ABC Rural (Australia) -- "A Chinese seaweed processing company plans to spend $21 million over three years on a venture in the south-east of South Australia. Representatives from Gather Great Ocean Group have been in Adelaide to formalise a deal to acquire and expand a seaweed company based at Beachport. Australian Kelp Products has the only commercial seaweed licence in South Australia and produces liquid kelp fertilisers and dry seaweed products for livestock supplements. Director Bevan Mills expects the deal to create about 200 jobs in the south-east. ..."

18 October 2013, Washington Post, Brady Dennis -- "Activists are making headway in their effort to get retailers to boycott the product if the FDA approves it. Consumer and environmental activists, facing likely defeat in their bid to block government approval of the first genetically engineered salmon, are trying a different tack to keep the fish off America’s dinner plates: Getting retailers not to sell it. And they’re making headway. ..." Photo: Consumer and environmental activists, facing likely defeat in their bid to block government approval of the first genetically engineered salmon, are urging retailers not to sell it.A fishmonger tosses fresh salmon to a colleague behind the counter at the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. Credit: Elaine Thompson/AP

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